With your words you've set me free from the last vestiges of my forsaken past

and for that, I thank you, with all my heart, truthfully, sincerely and gratefully (redundant much?)...do you know how happy you made me feel? well, i'm really happy. very happy. at last, i can reall say, i'm free of the wretchedness of my past. i'm free from the haunting memories. the veil has been lifted, and now i see how bright the room really is...

i won't hide this from you. i considered our enmity to be the greatest personal struggle in my life. now that we've resolved it, i feel a profound sense of peace within me...thank you. you've given a man the peace of mind that has always eluded him. you've completed my rebirth to a new life.

you're right. i took too long to realize everything...but at least i've changed...and what time remains, i will use to live anew.


Isang liham mula kay Ligaya para kay Mr. Balajadia

------On a totally unrelated note, I would like to address Mr. Balajadia. Julio swore to God and to himself that he'd let go of his hate. Julio bears you no ill will, but he can never forgive you for your grievous crimes. Julio may have changed his ways, but he still has his dignity, and no authority on heaven or earth can ever give you the power to turn that dignity into a doormat. What does Julio want from you? Had he still lived his wretched ways, he would have condemned you to death, but he knows better now. All he asks is that you see reason and stop embarrasing yourself before more harm comes to anyone else. One who has never done anything to you deserves a peacful life, free from your vexation. Bear in mind Mr. Balajadia, that pride is a lethal poison. Julio knows much of that, he's been there. The best thing to do, for everyone's sake, is to let it all go, and live peacefully.